The US-supplied HIMARS missile systems appear to have fired the first shots at the Russian forces.
The Chief of the General Staff of Ukraine Valeriy Zaluzhnyi confirmed that the US-made missile launchers worked and hit targets in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.
“Soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine skillfully hit certain targets – the enemy’s military targets on Ukrainian territory, ours,” Ukraine’s Chief of General Staff Valeriy Zaluzhnyi wrote on the app. use Telegram.
– ADVERTISING – READ MORE BELOW –
The truck-mounted M142 high mobility missile system, or HIMARS, is believed to have bombarded the Russian command post near the eastern city of Izyum.
It is known that the first video footage of the aftermath of an attack by the Ukrainian MLRS HIMARS system in the Izyum region. Russia’s Starshe Eddy channel said one of its rescue boats had killed two people and injured several others. https://t.co/9Zs3UNJ8w1https://t.co/c6bpGkvYcf pic.twitter.com/zy9bDpmIR9
– Rob Lee (@RALee85) June 26, 2022
The M142 HIMARS system allows multiple precision-guided missiles to be launched. It uses the same controls, communications, and crew as the old M270 launcher, and speeds up preparation time to an impressive 15 minutes to be mission-ready from the moment it lands.
It is worth noting that HIMARS can fire multiple Guided Launch Missile System (GMLRS), Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and Next Generation Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) missiles. and long-range GMLRS missiles.
